Dry Knoll–Mount Tom Reservoir, 4 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 965 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Dry Knoll–Mount Tom Reservoir, 4 sights is a 6.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Tom State Reservation near Mountain Park, MA. The route passes Mount Tom Reservoir before reaching Dry Knoll at the turnaround, 3.2 miles in. It climbs 965 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dry Knoll–Mount Tom Reservoir, 4 sights
6.3 mi · ▲ 965 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 396–664 ft
Out & Back · Mount Tom State Reservation
Trailhead: 42.24046, -72.65284
Weather Aug 4: Overcast, high 77°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:47 AM · sunset 8:08 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Old Fire Road Trail, heading N.
- 1.6 miPass Mount Tom Reservoir.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Pascommuck Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Dynamite Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto John McCool Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miReach Dry Knoll, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Dynamite Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Pascommuck Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Old Fire Road Trail, heading S.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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